Atheist Ireland writes to new Minister for Education about non-denominational schools
Atheist Ireland has written the following letter to Helen McEntee TD, the new Minister for Education, about the commitment to non-denominational education in Programme for Government. Dear Minister McEntee, Congratulations on your new role and we wish you well. You are the ninth Minister for Education we have dealt with, ...
Atheist Ireland submission to NCCA on Draft Primary Curriculum Specifications
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the NCCA Consultation on the Draft Primary Curriculum Specifications. Introduction This submission focuses on two areas of the draft specifications: Social and Environmental Education (Geography and History) Wellbeing (Physical Education and Social, Personal and Health Education) Both of these areas include items ...
Plurality of patronage will never achieve pluralism in education
Opening up 400 multi denominational schools throughout the country will never achieve pluralism in education. The policy of successive governments is to segregate children in some areas of the country on the basis of their parents’ religion. Even if the state opened up 400 multi denominational schools throughout the country ...
Atheist Ireland meets INTO about religious discrimination against students and teachers
Atheist Ireland met the Irish National Teachers' Organisation this week about religious discrimination in Irish schools against students and teachers, and how the INTO can help to counter that discrimination. We discussed the recent UNCRC Concluding Observations to Ireland about the rights of the child, and how Section 37 of ...
Religion in schools: Atheist Ireland responds to letter from Department of Education
Atheist Ireland has sent the following response to a letter from Bernie McNally, Secretary General of the Department of Education, regarding our correspondence with the Oireachtas Education Committee about the right to not attend religious instruction in schools. Dear Secretary General, We refer to your letter dated 1st of March ...
Documents about misuse of state funds regarding religious instruction
Since December 2021, Atheist Ireland has been lobbying to vindicate the constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in schools, and to uphold parental authority in the education of their children, which the Supreme Court has described as a foundational pillar of the Constitution. As well as lobbying individual politicians ...
Atheist Ireland letter to Department of Education December 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Department of Education on 5 December 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AI-to-Dept-Ed-Dec-2022.pdf" title="AI to Dept Ed Dec 2022"]
Atheist Ireland letter to Oireachtas Education Committee December 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Oireachtas Education Committee on 5 December 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AI-to-Ed-Com-Dec-2022.pdf" title="AI to Ed Com Dec 2022"]
Atheist Ireland letter to Comptroller and Auditor General December 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Comptroller and Auditor General on 5 December 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AI-to-CAG-Dec-2022.pdf" title="AI to CAG Dec 2022"]
Atheist Ireland letter to Public Accounts Committee December 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Public Accounts Committee on 5 December 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AI-to-PAC-Dec-2022.pdf" title="AI to PAC Dec 2022"]